outdoor pants?

Cotton jeans or any 100% cotton is "DEATH CLOTH" here in the north and MAGNUSSEN is right on the money with military surplus wool pants in Canadian cold weather. for summer thin wool dress pants are perfect with long johns at night. They are cheap at garage sales or Salvation army.
 
I don't go for any tactical stuff, but prefer cargo pants, or pocket pants as I used to call them in school. I like the ability to carry more stuff. I like long sleeve shirts with pockets in the winter, early spring and late fall when hiking too, can never taken enough stuff.
 
I wear Bib Overalls, love all the pockets. And that is just the Bib:D
 

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I just wear cotton BDU pants. I always have and always will i guess. I wear them everyday whether I am in the woods or not. Sometimes I wear Overalls though.
 
i pretty much wear Carharts, on a regular basis... i do need to pick up some more wool pants..
 
For most hikes I wear either nylon shorts or canvas Carhartt shorts. For longer trips or when I knowing I'm going to be doing projects sitting on the ground etc. I wear a pair of the digital camo ACU pants. I also bought a couple pairs of clearance dress slacks at Ross that work out great for lightweight outdoors pants.
 
Winter in Wisconsin: Carhardtts lined. In sub-zero/wet snow, with surplus gor-tex overpants.

Summer/Fall...denim of some sort, usually, or BDUs.

Cycle riding: Aerostich jacket/pants...waterproof, protection pads, and have saved my skin.
 
If I am out hiking, it tends to be Craghoppers Kiwi trousers. I have both lined and unlined versions. I got them as they are readily available from most outdoor shops here in the UK. Also, I am short, and these are the only outdoors trousers I can get to fit :(.
 
I only got them recently, but I have taken to wearing some nice snowboarding pants. They are waterproof/ish, and insulated. They also break the wind well, and are made of some sort of nylon canvas material that seems fairly tough. Inside, they have built in gaiters, which are nice. When it is more than 30F or so, just shorts underneath, as you will get too warm. At 0F or so, long johns underneath. Between the two, there isn't much to hold water if you do happen to get wet.

There are others that seemed like they may have been more durable, but these are the only ones I could find w/ belt loops...if that matters.
 
I would second Magnussen on those wool pants for any kind of cold weather work.
Those are the exact pants I wore when researching/tracking carnivores through the winter as a USFS Biologist for two consecutive years in the Oregon and Washington Cascades. Those and my heavy 16” corked pack boots kept me warm and toasty, even when I was running long-track snowmachines.

When backpacking, I generally only wear nylon shorts, rarely I wear Patagonia zip offs (GI II’s I believe). I always zip off the legs and never put them back on, so don’t really see the point. When traveling long distances (out of state/country) with my family I often take/wear the zip offs, due to the versatility.

During the cooler part of my field season (feb, mar, ~apr, ~sep, oct, nov) I wear poly/cotton BDUs from two sources: BDU.com or CombatCloth (usually from Brigade Quartermaster). I find they work very well for me and the type of work I do. They have a professional look for the public (have received several compliments on them, for what it is worth), but last several years due the quality of construction and material. I find they are very comfortable, have plenty of carry space for all the junk I often end up needing to carry.

I used to wear Carhart double knee pants, but just found them too restrictive for fieldwork, for me. And they just held water too easy. They are tough and last, though. They are regular wear for me outside of field work.

During the warmer part of my field season, I usually just wear cotton shorts.

I would really like to try out the 5.11 pants; several folks have suggested those to me. Perhaps I will pick up a pair or two this year.
I hadn’t seen those Taclite pants gruntinhusaybah likes. I will take a closer look at those, too.

Good luck and let us know what you decide and how you like them.

Brome
 
i bought some fo the flame resistenat 511 pants, they are soft but wear well, they are a blend of fire resistant aramid and coton, i like them a lot.

alex
 
I liked the 5-11, when I bought them, but they seem to draw up, a couple sizes, when they were washed a few times. May try the woolrich.
 
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